Year: 2025

Key Takeaways: Major consolidation is expected in the food and beverage industry through M&A activity in 2025, as larger companies seek to acquire innovative brands aligned…

When Oregon organic hazelnut grower Bruce Kaser started looking into why organic hazelnut imports from Turkey were priced so low, close to conventional hazelnuts, he found…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced on November 16 a recall of Grimmway Farms organic carrots due to…

Written by Gordon Merrick, OFRF’s Senior Policy & Programs Manager Photo by Daniel Oppenheimer, Hill Country Alliance On a plot of land just east of Austin,…

Gordon’s Policy Corner has a guest author this month! This blog post was written by our Fall 2024 Policy and Communications Intern, Jazea Kalea Smith. Being…

Written by guest author Dr. Quan Zeng, Plant Pathologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Recently, I had the opportunity to join Gordon Merrick, Senior Policy & Programs Manager…

After farmers struggled with low crop prices and reduced market opportunities in 2024, many are hopeful the worst will be over in 2025. But the coming…

Photo: Targan In 2025, the global poultry market is heading even faster towards technological revolution, and automation is at its core. Consumer demand for consistent, high-quality…